at Winchcoombe where we parked the car and walked towards the very pictruesque town and into Janes tea shop where we enjoyed some excellent food and conversation with the owner and people on the adjoining table. I had a very interesting orange and coconut tea which I cant find anywhere on sale. Anyway it turned out that the lady adjacent to me hailed from York so I told her that I had lived in Leeds many years ago which she found interesting. After our meal we headed off to the castle. It maybe a very beautiful castle indeed but certainly not worth £15 entry fee or even the £7 garden fee. However it was closed so we just carried on. We walked for several miles to the top of a hill which turned out to be Humblebee Wood (see photo) and not far from a massive long barrow called Belas Knapp Chambered Long barrow - even though we didn't know it at the time. That is why one should always carry a Pevsner buildings of england (gloucestershire) with you at all times!!! Apparently constructed 3000BC and thirty eight skeletons found there in 1863 and 1928. Well I was certainly no skeleton after our meal in Janes tea shop!
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